Mara, Mara, Mara (and Paul, too)…
For crying out loud, people, this comes out of the Onion…pls, consider source, context and other trivial details, before you go rampaging off, maybe to castigate Jonathan Swift for suggesting babies as food during famines

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A note to readers: This post is the last for the Laugh Lines blog, started three years ago as a place for amusing stuff on the Web, curated to the sensibilities of Times readers. The blog’s end is a function of the reality of limited resources in a medium where any number of worthy experiments are possible, but all can’t be sustained. Rest assured, our regular, outside feed of editorial cartoons will remain available via links on The New York Times home page and the Crosswords & Games and Week in Review section fronts. Thanks to our loyal readers and contributors, and regrets. — The editorsRead more…

Monologue | Thursday night on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on NBC: We have some wonderful news. BP announced it successfully capped the oil leak. The oil leak has stopped. I am so glad they were able to nip this thing in the bud.Read more…

Monologue | Thursday night on “The Late Show With David Letterman” on CBS: You remember Bill Clinton? Bill and Hillary went out and bought a brand-new house in upstate New York. He’s still keeping the old place to use as a bachelor pad. Read more…